Love Speaks: The Podcast

Homily from the Wedding Mass of Amanda Connon and Jack Miller at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, IL. "But I Have Called You Friends", by Mother Mary Francis is published by Cluny Media. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Fr. Ryan uses Manzoni, yet again, to say goodbye to a place and people he's grown to love. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

The pattern of Jesus helps us live life in a more measured, sane, and principled way. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

The Pope spends almost half of his encyclical on AI talking about Catholic Social Teaching. How come? And how could learning more about CST help us understand something about the Trinity and about ourselves? Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

"Oh, the Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss, read aloud in its entirety. Just kidding Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Happy Easter! Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Here’s something I’ve realized: there comes a point where nobody asks you about your vocation story anymore. When you’re in seminary, you have to have this polished elevator pitch ready to go at any moment — every retreat, every high school visit, every kitchen table conversation. Tell us your story. And you do. But somewhere along the way, after you’ve been ordained a while, people just stop aski...

Happy Easter!! The Lord is risen, just as he said. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Deacon Sam Bergmann is a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Joliet, and will be ordained to the priesthood in June 2026. He currently serves at Visitation Church in Elmhurst, IL. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Fr. Jim Olofson, STL is a priest of the Diocese of Joliet, and currently serves as the Vice Rector of St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

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Embrimaomi: like a horse, snorting, indignant and ready for battle. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

The Transfiguration from Matthew 17 Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

How many of you genuinely enjoy the process of buying a car? If there are any car salespeople reading this, forgive me—but you know the game. You don’t walk in, point to a car, accept the first offer, and drive away smiling. No, you sit down. You listen. You nod. You hesitate. You stand up to leave. “Well, wait a minute…” The deal sweetens. You start toward the door again. “Wait, wait—what if we a...

Homily for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, guest preaching at St. Raphael's in Naperville where I am preaching their parish mission this week. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

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See you on PS5 Online Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Blessings for a beautiful Solemnity today and for a peaceful, joyful 2026! Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Merry Christmas! Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Christianity is not a matter of telling other people what to do. Christianity is a matter of telling people what God has done for them in Christ. Everything else—every command, every moral teaching, every “ought”—flows from that. Christ came, lived our life, died our death, rose again as the first fruits of our own resurrection, ascended into heaven in His full humanity, and brought that humanity...

We may not know the hour or the day—but we do know the path and the way. Advent gives us the chance to recalibrate: our thinking, our seeing, our actions, or some combination of all three. My hope is that by Christmas, we will know more deeply the One whose birth we celebrate. Of course, there’s a kind of irony here. We’re not actually waiting for Jesus to be born—He already has been. We know the...

The book mentioned is Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

The book I mention, and really really recommend for anyone in the preaching biz, is Preaching to a Post-Everything World by Zack Eswine. Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

Homily from the Crypt Chapel at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, France Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe

If you ask nicely, I will post pics of my minecraft convent 🙂 The post The One About Tallulah and Minecraft appeared first on Love Speaks. . Get full access to Pilgrim's Prologue at pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/subscribe